Democrat Joaquin Castro and Republican Jeb Hensarling sat down with Scott Pelley of the CBS Evening news this evening to discuss the seriousness of the Syria conflict, just hours before President Barack Obama is scheduled to give a speech outlining what comes next. Both representatives have been divided on how to vote for the proposed military action, before an alternative solution presented itself Monday, and neither have decided definitively what action to take. …

“Part of the long-term strategy of this administration is to try to turn Texas blue,” Republican Sen. John Cornyn told Fox News. “And so they are engaging in this kind of bogus political activity to try to raise concerns with regard to things like minority voting that simply aren’t supported by the evidence. I think this is to create a false impression that somehow minority rights are not being protected, which they are.”
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Rep. Jeb Hensarling introduced legislation on Thursday to end the taxpayer-funded bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. “The current system is a government monopoly run by the same types of Washington bureaucrats who run the IRS,” says Hensarling. …

The Texas delegation has three of the biggest talkers in the entire House of Representatives: Louie Gohmert of Tyler, Sheila Jackson Lee of Houston and Ted Poe of Humble. But what about everyone else? …

Welcome to Texas on the Potomac’s feature profiling the social media usage of every member of the Texas congressional delegation. Here’s a roundup of all 36 congressional district representatives and …